June 17, 2009 - After the aunt on the second floor

"You worry about yourself or Claude thieves, priests, Master, all the basic courses on the times you have had. Did not dare to land you a teacher. Mom and Dad back legs do not interrupt you"

"Who's that teach you the wow gold Master say that I am suitable for learning magic."

"It was the fireball into your library before him!"

"Well Well, you said everything I want and with those who will be very much?"

"Society of the premise that you have them"

"Do not tell wow gold you the words you always so difficult to understand."

Unknowingly has come home. Regardless of fat you want to come up with a key to open the door, they found the door . Fat aunt had doubts about the child's mind may be the father or mother back.

"Suzanne Henry ?shouting after you enter the aunt.

No response. Also known as the wow po Two aunt, or promised to no one. Aunt think that things are not good, pick up a door sweep article.

"You two stay at the door, if there is an accident of some kind, then people ran out immediately."

Claude is very curious, ready to follow the aunt entered the room. has stopped him.

serious wow gold expression, his face can not see that the child's childish.

After the aunt on the second floor, not a sound.

"Aunt?" Claude cried out. The house is still there is no response came.

Claude look the other way round.

"I think the interesting things changed, it was playing hide and seek with us."

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June 4, 2009 - Zhang the mouth opening

"Although the minister is strong support team, and the continuing depletion of the power the treatment of singing, as urgent in the moment, the moment the lack of treatment means that the striker on the team of soldiers will immediately fall,

they fall on the mean final line of defense was broken up - in fact, the day before departure, Mu-Yun told me that one thing, she said that instructors teach her a 'big trick' that can make magic in an instant return to full, so she can in a wow gold short period of time to continue practicing, but is killed, she said that before the death of each priest will become an angel looks like a short stay in the world. She asked me this matter is true, in fact, I do not know. "

Howard looked at me puzzled, I am fully immersed himself in them ... ...

"Yes, just talked about priests run out of power, saw the soldiers should stay in front of live, critical juncture, we see the Light - wow gold is the Mu-Yun, Mu-Yun, she committed suicide! We have all seen the embodiment of her look for the angel! indeed, as she said,

her back to full power, before the angel disappeared, has been practicing in front of soldiers for treatment, so they can survive and continue to resist, Mu-Yun fall, the other priests have also follow the example of the moment wow gold kaufen as we heard the collective singing Angels! feeling that comes from the overhead light shine! also saw saw holy angels watching us ... ...

that is ... ... really beautiful scene unparalleled! I have seen over the Angels wing - forgive me, that moment is not my idea to continue the fighting, wow or but think of my hometown, light shines, and a picture of a peaceful and tranquil, like the Angels singing brings me to storm the cathedral city of blue skies and white clouds ... ... of these is that we fight all the significance and power. They continued the treatment of a short period of time in front of soldiers to resist so successful, we won! "

China to stop recording, wow po Zhang the mouth opening, a look.

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May 26, 2009 - exposed their ugly side in front of everyone

We will be in three stable DZ, equipment DZ is basically a look at me look at the two are DZ, if the new equipment to let them upgrade their big,

so we still have basically DZ wow gold harmony, only one of DPS often do not criticize the president and I said another DZ very selfish, as long as demand is that he never will not let the. I had a laugh over it, thinking we have selfish motives, who get nothing more than equipment, and the other sorts it, and then later this will be a on the back, because I am not sure,

I would like and this is probably related to it. But I still continue to follow the Association of RAID, and continue to reclaim this SW, continue to corpse run back and forth, but I was very happy because I can every day and a group of friends playing together. wow gold kaufen We also blame Association, DZ are out equipment, regardless of package, or parts or DZ is basically each and every time that DZ selfish needs, I basically let him, from the DKP points do not carry, so he is basically the lowest sub-holding equipment, such third SW pants, the end of chains, shoulder pad fury every DZ these dreams every piece of equipment he is satisfactory to use the minimum DKP into account,

but in the last week, the Hong Kong Association of the Twin playing, in addition to a disaster ring, I ranks, and he said I want this, wow gold he did not make a sound, I think he agreed, so you want to win on the sub, and he carried on and I am, I can honestly say that he carried at the moment I am really very angry because I let so much of his equipment, I would say that the demand for this good,

not bad that the poor of the ring, he should get, so I decided this time I certainly would not let him, and so has been carried on at the end I won, although his DKP than I am, he could win a ring this disaster, but we do not think that he is conscience. In fact I know he would also like to ML's clothes, SP, JD of the cloak, he fears that DKP did not get the wow gold back of the equipment has been. I did all of these and he said let him, and we DZ team know.

Although I finally got the ring, but I am not happy, to an equipment, the ugly side of human nature: greed, selfishness, are exposed, I really could not figure them out, the game is important that the equipment or the human will, of course, in large Most people are a harmonious humility, I now own will continue to stay in this reason, today I made this post I just hope that we do not order the game, some virtual things, it exposed their ugly side in front of everyone.

I am still here and I would like to thank with RAID, running missions with the body to eliminate the power of the elements of a member of Victory Association, I thank the president is in the big ones when I was given to me by the economic wow gold help, thanks to video on the morning of FS I care FS thank the organizations who accompany me Fengyun T5 equipment to fight the storm, and finally would like to thank you that selfish PIEROTH DZ thank you for allowing me to see you so soon!

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May 12, 2009 - the Crown than the right...

the construction, in order to use the transfer matrix for those travelers who , but Lewis is indeed the capital of the League of the six are therefore greatly enhance the ability of the defense - Magic can not break law siege array wow gold of defensive wall damage, and the use of the transfer matrix of the operations carried out raids will simply not work, also the.

Lord silently watching the scene wow gold Tetraena , has finally come into the pupil of the tower so that he has been put forward to the heart, temporarily down to relax.

Even the death knight can not capture here ~!" Tell their own lords, and a deep breath. Then he mounts catalyst slowly toward the shadow of the gate under the cover down.

grand reception in the palace hall, at wow gold the moment because of the urgency _ kalm reported and packed with people, civil servants and generals who are in the hall on both sides, and that China and the United States at the end of the statue of Lewis Next, it is sitting on the throne of the king - temperature Dam III _ Outlander.

Goddess with a gentle power leveling expression of the eternal, opening the noble wings, and that posture on a throne as if in the protection of the King. 

"Everything under the guidance of Lewis, everything is in the care of Lewis under ~!" Whenever the Union toward priests preach the doctrine wow powerleveling of the time people will add these two phrases. However, the rulers of the country, the blessings of the other shows, however, the meaning of - in the league Lewis, the Crown than the right.\

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May 4, 2009 - the opening day only gave me a word "None."

weapons, talented team and so are the pros and cons of the relationship between the factors of stress with the 3V3 arena also pay attention to balance, open days that the team is the team with the course weight to win a major, wow gold putting aside the technology and equipment, you are something more than a tacit understanding with the team can only be sent to points.

And the ranks of the most advantageous place also varies from person to person, "a collapse of a" team of the priest that their team has the advantage of being "a high rate of fault-tolerant", that is to say, even if a mistake is not fatal, and the ranks of this configuration also have a considerable relationship between the war and Germany in the wow gold late grazing will continue to be more favorable to the advantages, coupled with the long-accumulated understanding we will fight the next match.

When asked open-day captain 3V3 team all the way to their achievements and performance to be evaluated, the opening day only gave me a word "None."

Open day, said: " wow gold In fact, came all the way through qualifying and then the process of qualifying, we have experienced a lot more difficult too, the word only as a summary of our performance and the Challenge of the total national arena a look forward to the finals, does not mean that we will be in Shanghai, there is no performance lost while on the go, the word that we will persist in our belief that to win every game, even in the power leveling future, the end of the game, we also still have to continue. "

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March 16, 2009 - much less because shortcuts

December 9, 2008 - The Natural Bottom

The hyped G-20 Summit in Washington disappointed. It removed the last
hope for a coordinated global approach to handling the financial and
economic crisis that is haunting the global economy. The result speaks
volumes about the current crop of leaders around the world and the
antiquated power structure that governs the global economy. The rapid
contraction of the global economy will likely continue into the first
quarter of 2009. The second quarter of 2009 may still see some
contraction. The global economy may stabilize in the third quarter of
2009, but battered and directionless.
First, I have a few good
things to say about the Summit. By bringing the largest and wealthiest
emerging economies, the world is recognizing that any future structure
for governing the global economy must include them. The G-7 has looked
decidedly out of date during the Crisis. They are supposed to represent
the OECD or developed block that still account for 70% of the global
economy. But this group accounts for less growth than developing
countries in the past five years in real and nominal terms. Equally
important, emerging economies hold most of the foreign exchange
reserves. How to deploy the money would be the key to solving this
crisis. The Summit is the beginning of ditching G-7. What to replace it
hasn't jelled.
G-20 looks too big to be effective in making
decisions. It should be cut down by half. From the OECD side, the US,
the UK, France, Germany, and Japan can represent the block effectively.
From the developing economy block, the four BRIC countries plus Saudi
Arabia can represent it effectively. Saudi Arabia can represent the
interest of OPEC countries. France and Germany can represent the
euro-zone. G-10 may be small enough for effective decision making.
However, any effective global body for decision making would come too
late for tackling the current crisis.
Second, the Summit gave
verbal commitments to keeping national borders open to trade and
investment. This is reassuring that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of the
1930s would not resurface to cause another Great Depression. Knowing
what happened seven decades ago, the big economies like the US, Europe,
Japan, and China are unlikely to repeat the same mistakes. Further, the
role of multinationals has changed the political calculation over free
trade. Seventy years ago, the locations of production and ownership
were mostly identical. Hence, both rich and poor benefited initially
from blocking imports. As others retaliate, everyone eventually became
worse off. Most trade in the world is between emerging and developed
economies done by multinationals based in the developed economies.
Blocking imports would immediately hurt capital in rich countries.
Capital and labor wouldn't agree on protectionism in developed
countries even not taking into consideration of retaliation by other
countries.
The verbal commitments, however, don't rule out
isolated protectionist measures that aim mostly at China. Roughly half
of the anti-dumping measures in the world are aimed at China. The US
just imposed additional safety requirements on children's products from
China, and the EU 60% tariff on candles and 50% tariff on non-alloy
steel wire products from China. These measures happened at the same
time as the G-20 promised to maintain free trade. Hopefully, these
measures don't signify a new direction contrary to the G-20 statement.
Despite
the positive developments, the Summit largely failed to satisfy market
expectations. On the crucial issue of stabilizing the global economy,
it failed to agree on a coordinated program on fiscal stimulus.
Essentially, each country is left to consider its best option. The
benefit from fiscal stimulus in the era of globalization can leak out
through trade. For a small open economy, fiscal stimulus doesn't work
at all. For large economies like China and the US most of the benefits
from fiscal stimulus can stay at home. When each economy decides on how
much to stimulate, it will do less than optimal as the benefits don't
all stay at home. When the global economy is contracting like now, the
leakage from one's fiscal stimulus is very large. Hence, few economies
are incentivized to stimulate. What works is for the global community
to coordinate their stimulus. Unfortunately, the G-20 couldn't do it.
In
contrast, monetary stimulus has a smaller tendency to leak out. Cutting
interest rate tends to weaken one's currency, which protects the
benefit from monetary stimulus at home. The main reason that most
countries rely on monetary stimulus is that they are already running
large fiscal deficits and don't want to encounter political resistance
for more debt issuance. Monetary stimulus seems to incur no cost at
first glance. As I have argued in this page before. Cutting interest
rates doesn't stimulate demand, as asset deflation has destroyed the
equity base for households or businesses to borrow. It merely makes it
easier for banks to carry bad assets through lower carrying costs,
lessening the pressure for selling bad assets and stretching the
adjustment process. The negative effects of monetary stimulus may not
be immediate but can surface in future. The bubbles under the Greenspan
years originate from his penchant for monetary stimulus. The
consequences are ravaging the global economy today.
The current
wave of monetary stimulus lays the ground for inflation in the coming
years, I believe. The deflationary effects from the asset deflation are
temporary. They shift the demand curve downwards and decrease
inflationary pressure. However, as businesses cut production in
response to lower profitability, the demand weakness is no longer
deflationary. The increased money supplies that are temporarily hoarded
within banks could release through unexpected channels. Another wave of
commodity inflation or wage increase through labor union demand could
release the inflationary impact of the monetary growth.
A better
and more equitable way to print money is to distribute cash among
people evenly. Some households and businesses borrowed too much during
the bubble. There are three ways out: (1) working it off overtime like
in Japan, (2) bankruptcies like the US in 1930s, and (3) inflation like
Germany in 1920s. The United States has not thought through which way
it is going. It will not follow Japan's path. I don't think Americans
will stick to their mortgages under a negative equity situation. It is
not American culture. It would be either bankruptcy or inflation. The
Fed is staving off bankruptcies by bailing out banks and increasingly
non-financial businesses. So it is heading to an inflation solution.
In
the 1920s German businesses took on too much debt during the First
World War. They pushed its central bank towards an inflation solution,
which Keynes erroneously blamed on the payments to the World War I
victors. The chaotic process, probably on purpose to hide the central
bank's true intentions, led to hyperinflation. The resulting chaos
paved the way for the NAZI party to rise to power. In contrast, the
US's willingness to accept bankruptcies pushed the country towards
institution building, which laid the foundation for a gigantic US
economy and its superpower status. History is not kind to the inflation
approach.
For the inflation approach to work, it needs to be
transparent and equitable. A central bank should announce how much
money it prints and distributes it evenly among the population. The
money growth shifts up inflation expectation immediately. All the
prices of goods and services and wages will likely move up quickly to
reflect the new reality. The real debt burden falls in line with the
inflation. If the central bank is credible on its printing target,
inflation will slow quickly after the initially spurt.
I
wouldn't count on such a rational approach to debt write-off. Politics
won't allow it. Instead, all the central banks in the world will cut
interest rates and, as interest rates are close to zero, accept low
quality assets for lending to banks, similar to what the Bank of Japan
did. The inflationary impact of the monetary growth would be
temporarily suppressed by weak demand and banks' inability to lend.
When the banks can lend again, inflation will surge.
The
leadership failure that is so apparent now all over the world has a
generational twist to it. The baby boomers that were born after World
War II pretty much run all the major economies in the world in
governments and big companies. They have lived during extraordinary
prosperity. The past recessions, even the stagflation during the 1970s,
were quite mild by historical standards. In particular, the past two
decades since the Berlin Wall fell were extraordinarily prosperous. The
leaders that rose during this period were all very optimistic.
Unfortunately, optimistic people are not the smartest people. Indeed,
optimistic people are usually not very smart. But they rise to the top
during prolonged prosperity that rewards optimism. When the catastrophe
arrives, they are not equipped to handle it. As the crisis discredits
them, a new generation of leaders, hopefully smarter, will rise to the
top, and the right decisions are made. Hence, the solution to this
crisis may require a leadership change. The US took the first step.
Others may follow over the next 12-18 months. The political process
suggests that the solution to the crisis will take time.
The
saddest thing about the Summit was how France and Japan dominated the
limelight. The former championed a global super regulator. The later
doled out $100 billion for the IMF. France and Japan are great
countries with wonderful cultures. But, they represent the past, not
the future. Their tendencies are to enforce equal outcome rather than
opportunity. China and the US are much more in tone with the future.
The United States is not strong enough to run the world on its own. An
alliance between China and the US could. Unfortunately, neither country
is embracing the idea.
What will happen and what should happen
are usually quite different. I have mentioned three elements on what
would likely unfold on policy front: (1) cutting interest rates too
much and degrading central bank balance sheets, (2) stimulating
fiscally too little, and (3) political changes over next 12-18 months.
On the economic front, the rapid contraction of the global economy will
continue into the first quarter of 2009. The second quarter of 2009
will probably see much slower contraction. Stability may return by the
third quarter of 2009. While economic stability may return in the
foreseeable future, meaningful growth is not visible yet. The growth
driver for the global economy-the US's consumption and China's factory
building is unhinged and can't be put together. The world will struggle
to find a new growth engine.
Financial markets will continue
to fluctuate wildly over the next three months. When one falls off a
cliff, it is most frightening during the fall. One kicks, screams, and
fantasizes the pain when hitting the ground. When one hits the ground,
it may not be as bad as imagined. It could be a few broken ribs or a
concussion. Financial markets are now in the falling mode. In the first
half of 2009, when the global contraction slows or stops, the markets
will probably calm down. Bottoming, however, is different from the
beginning of a bull market. Only a new growth cycle can start a new
bull market.
The dollar and government bonds have performed
well during the recent turmoil. The flight to safe havens has supported
both. The unwinding of speculative positions in the emerging economies
and commodities has further supported the dollar. The dollar has been a
funding currency for such positions. The unwinding increases demand for
the dollar. However, the factors that support both asset classes are
technical and temporary. Fundamentals are not good for either. Some
argue that Japanese yen performed very well after its bubble burst in
early 1990s and the dollar could follow the same path. The comparison
doesn't work. Japan's bubble was funded by local capital. When it
burst, domestic demand decreased and trade surplus bloomed. Without
significant domestic demand for foreign assets, demand for yen
increased with asset deflation. Yen only came down when foreigners
borrowed yen to speculate in other assets.
The US's bubble was
funded by foreign capital. As the bubble bursts, foreign demand for the
US assets will decline. The bursting bubble decreases the US domestic
demand and, hence, the need for foreign capital. But, the US is ramping
up fiscal stimulus much quicker than Japan, which offsets the demand
reduction from asset deflation. The position for the dollar now is
considerably worse than for yen fifteen years ago. The supply of
foreign capital will probably decline quicker than its need for it. As
other economies engage in fiscal stimulus, their surplus capital will
drop. The dollar may continue to appreciate in the next two to three
months. It may weaken sharply afterwards when the carry trades are all
unwound.
Government bonds may be another bubble that will burst
soon. Even though many analysts are talking about deflation, inflation
readings in the US, the UK, and Europe are still quite high. Inflation
is a lagging variable and could drop further from here. Still, the high
prices for government bonds cannot be justified on the likely inflation
scenario in the next few years. Further, fiscal stimulus will increase
the supplies of government bonds dramatically in the coming year.
Globally, the increase could be over $3-4 trillion. Until growth comes
back, the increased supply may remain. Bonds could slip into a big bear
market in 2009 like stocks in 2008.
I remain positive on gold
and energy. While the global economy is contracting rapidly, energy
prices are undershooting. The longer term story for energy remains
positive. China and India's development will greatly increase energy
demand for the next decade. The supplies, especially oil, won't be able
to keep up. All the big oil companies report that their major
production fields are declining in yield. The positive story for energy
will change when nuclear power has grown sufficiently to replace fossil
fuel. That will probably take two decades or longer.
Gold is a
substitute for currency. As central banks around the world expand their
balance sheets rapidly, gold should do well. The unwinding of carry
trades is negative for it. As dollar appreciates with the unwinding of
carry trades, gold has declined in line with dollar's rise. When the
unwinding is done and dollar begins depreciate, gold should resume its
bullish trend. I think gold could make new highs in 2009. The bull
story for gold will end quicker than for energy. When central banks
begin to raise interest rates, possibly in 2010 in response to rising
inflation, gold may slip into a bear market. For now, gold still looks
bullish.

December 9, 2008 - The Natural Bottom

The hyped G-20 Summit in Washington disappointed. It removed the last
hope for a coordinated global approach to handling the financial and
economic crisis that is haunting the global economy. The result speaks
volumes about the current crop of leaders around the world and the
antiquated power structure that governs the global economy. The rapid
contraction of the global economy will likely continue into the first
quarter of 2009. The second quarter of 2009 may still see some
contraction. The global economy may stabilize in the third quarter of
2009, but battered and directionless.
First, I have a few good
things to say about the Summit. By bringing the largest and wealthiest
emerging economies, the world is recognizing that any future structure
for governing the global economy must include them. The G-7 has looked
decidedly out of date during the Crisis. They are supposed to represent
the OECD or developed block that still account for 70% of the global
economy. But this group accounts for less growth than developing
countries in the past five years in real and nominal terms. Equally
important, emerging economies hold most of the foreign exchange
reserves. How to deploy the money would be the key to solving this
crisis. The Summit is the beginning of ditching G-7. What to replace it
hasn't jelled.
G-20 looks too big to be effective in making
decisions. It should be cut down by half. From the OECD side, the US,
the UK, France, Germany, and Japan can represent the block effectively.
From the developing economy block, the four BRIC countries plus Saudi
Arabia can represent it effectively. Saudi Arabia can represent the
interest of OPEC countries. France and Germany can represent the
euro-zone. G-10 may be small enough for effective decision making.
However, any effective global body for decision making would come too
late for tackling the current crisis.
Second, the Summit gave
verbal commitments to keeping national borders open to trade and
investment. This is reassuring that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of the
1930s would not resurface to cause another Great Depression. Knowing
what happened seven decades ago, the big economies like the US, Europe,
Japan, and China are unlikely to repeat the same mistakes. Further, the
role of multinationals has changed the political calculation over free
trade. Seventy years ago, the locations of production and ownership
were mostly identical. Hence, both rich and poor benefited initially
from blocking imports. As others retaliate, everyone eventually became
worse off. Most trade in the world is between emerging and developed
economies done by multinationals based in the developed economies.
Blocking imports would immediately hurt capital in rich countries.
Capital and labor wouldn't agree on protectionism in developed
countries even not taking into consideration of retaliation by other
countries.
The verbal commitments, however, don't rule out
isolated protectionist measures that aim mostly at China. Roughly half
of the anti-dumping measures in the world are aimed at China. The US
just imposed additional safety requirements on children's products from
China, and the EU 60% tariff on candles and 50% tariff on non-alloy
steel wire products from China. These measures happened at the same
time as the G-20 promised to maintain free trade. Hopefully, these
measures don't signify a new direction contrary to the G-20 statement.
Despite
the positive developments, the Summit largely failed to satisfy market
expectations. On the crucial issue of stabilizing the global economy,
it failed to agree on a coordinated program on fiscal stimulus.
Essentially, each country is left to consider its best option. The
benefit from fiscal stimulus in the era of globalization can leak out
through trade. For a small open economy, fiscal stimulus doesn't work
at all. For large economies like China and the US most of the benefits
from fiscal stimulus can stay at home. When each economy decides on how
much to stimulate, it will do less than optimal as the benefits don't
all stay at home. When the global economy is contracting like now, the
leakage from one's fiscal stimulus is very large. Hence, few economies
are incentivized to stimulate. What works is for the global community
to coordinate their stimulus. Unfortunately, the G-20 couldn't do it.
In
contrast, monetary stimulus has a smaller tendency to leak out. Cutting
interest rate tends to weaken one's currency, which protects the
benefit from monetary stimulus at home. The main reason that most
countries rely on monetary stimulus is that they are already running
large fiscal deficits and don't want to encounter political resistance
for more debt issuance. Monetary stimulus seems to incur no cost at
first glance. As I have argued in this page before. Cutting interest
rates doesn't stimulate demand, as asset deflation has destroyed the
equity base for households or businesses to borrow. It merely makes it
easier for banks to carry bad assets through lower carrying costs,
lessening the pressure for selling bad assets and stretching the
adjustment process. The negative effects of monetary stimulus may not
be immediate but can surface in future. The bubbles under the Greenspan
years originate from his penchant for monetary stimulus. The
consequences are ravaging the global economy today.
The current
wave of monetary stimulus lays the ground for inflation in the coming
years, I believe. The deflationary effects from the asset deflation are
temporary. They shift the demand curve downwards and decrease
inflationary pressure. However, as businesses cut production in
response to lower profitability, the demand weakness is no longer
deflationary. The increased money supplies that are temporarily hoarded
within banks could release through unexpected channels. Another wave of
commodity inflation or wage increase through labor union demand could
release the inflationary impact of the monetary growth.
A better
and more equitable way to print money is to distribute cash among
people evenly. Some households and businesses borrowed too much during
the bubble. There are three ways out: (1) working it off overtime like
in Japan, (2) bankruptcies like the US in 1930s, and (3) inflation like
Germany in 1920s. The United States has not thought through which way
it is going. It will not follow Japan's path. I don't think Americans
will stick to their mortgages under a negative equity situation. It is
not American culture. It would be either bankruptcy or inflation. The
Fed is staving off bankruptcies by bailing out banks and increasingly
non-financial businesses. So it is heading to an inflation solution.
In
the 1920s German businesses took on too much debt during the First
World War. They pushed its central bank towards an inflation solution,
which Keynes erroneously blamed on the payments to the World War I
victors. The chaotic process, probably on purpose to hide the central
bank's true intentions, led to hyperinflation. The resulting chaos
paved the way for the NAZI party to rise to power. In contrast, the
US's willingness to accept bankruptcies pushed the country towards
institution building, which laid the foundation for a gigantic US
economy and its superpower status. History is not kind to the inflation
approach.
For the inflation approach to work, it needs to be
transparent and equitable. A central bank should announce how much
money it prints and distributes it evenly among the population. The
money growth shifts up inflation expectation immediately. All the
prices of goods and services and wages will likely move up quickly to
reflect the new reality. The real debt burden falls in line with the
inflation. If the central bank is credible on its printing target,
inflation will slow quickly after the initially spurt.
I
wouldn't count on such a rational approach to debt write-off. Politics
won't allow it. Instead, all the central banks in the world will cut
interest rates and, as interest rates are close to zero, accept low
quality assets for lending to banks, similar to what the Bank of Japan
did. The inflationary impact of the monetary growth would be
temporarily suppressed by weak demand and banks' inability to lend.
When the banks can lend again, inflation will surge.
The
leadership failure that is so apparent now all over the world has a
generational twist to it. The baby boomers that were born after World
War II pretty much run all the major economies in the world in
governments and big companies. They have lived during extraordinary
prosperity. The past recessions, even the stagflation during the 1970s,
were quite mild by historical standards. In particular, the past two
decades since the Berlin Wall fell were extraordinarily prosperous. The
leaders that rose during this period were all very optimistic.
Unfortunately, optimistic people are not the smartest people. Indeed,
optimistic people are usually not very smart. But they rise to the top
during prolonged prosperity that rewards optimism. When the catastrophe
arrives, they are not equipped to handle it. As the crisis discredits
them, a new generation of leaders, hopefully smarter, will rise to the
top, and the right decisions are made. Hence, the solution to this
crisis may require a leadership change. The US took the first step.
Others may follow over the next 12-18 months. The political process
suggests that the solution to the crisis will take time.
The
saddest thing about the Summit was how France and Japan dominated the
limelight. The former championed a global super regulator. The later
doled out $100 billion for the IMF. France and Japan are great
countries with wonderful cultures. But, they represent the past, not
the future. Their tendencies are to enforce equal outcome rather than
opportunity. China and the US are much more in tone with the future.
The United States is not strong enough to run the world on its own. An
alliance between China and the US could. Unfortunately, neither country
is embracing the idea.
What will happen and what should happen
are usually quite different. I have mentioned three elements on what
would likely unfold on policy front: (1) cutting interest rates too
much and degrading central bank balance sheets, (2) stimulating
fiscally too little, and (3) political changes over next 12-18 months.
On the economic front, the rapid contraction of the global economy will
continue into the first quarter of 2009. The second quarter of 2009
will probably see much slower contraction. Stability may return by the
third quarter of 2009. While economic stability may return in the
foreseeable future, meaningful growth is not visible yet. The growth
driver for the global economy-the US's consumption and China's factory
building is unhinged and can't be put together. The world will struggle
to find a new growth engine.
Financial markets will continue
to fluctuate wildly over the next three months. When one falls off a
cliff, it is most frightening during the fall. One kicks, screams, and
fantasizes the pain when hitting the ground. When one hits the ground,
it may not be as bad as imagined. It could be a few broken ribs or a
concussion. Financial markets are now in the falling mode. In the first
half of 2009, when the global contraction slows or stops, the markets
will probably calm down. Bottoming, however, is different from the
beginning of a bull market. Only a new growth cycle can start a new
bull market.
The dollar and government bonds have performed
well during the recent turmoil. The flight to safe havens has supported
both. The unwinding of speculative positions in the emerging economies
and commodities has further supported the dollar. The dollar has been a
funding currency for such positions. The unwinding increases demand for
the dollar. However, the factors that support both asset classes are
technical and temporary. Fundamentals are not good for either. Some
argue that Japanese yen performed very well after its bubble burst in
early 1990s and the dollar could follow the same path. The comparison
doesn't work. Japan's bubble was funded by local capital. When it
burst, domestic demand decreased and trade surplus bloomed. Without
significant domestic demand for foreign assets, demand for yen
increased with asset deflation. Yen only came down when foreigners
borrowed yen to speculate in other assets.
The US's bubble was
funded by foreign capital. As the bubble bursts, foreign demand for the
US assets will decline. The bursting bubble decreases the US domestic
demand and, hence, the need for foreign capital. But, the US is ramping
up fiscal stimulus much quicker than Japan, which offsets the demand
reduction from asset deflation. The position for the dollar now is
considerably worse than for yen fifteen years ago. The supply of
foreign capital will probably decline quicker than its need for it. As
other economies engage in fiscal stimulus, their surplus capital will
drop. The dollar may continue to appreciate in the next two to three
months. It may weaken sharply afterwards when the carry trades are all
unwound.
Government bonds may be another bubble that will burst
soon. Even though many analysts are talking about deflation, inflation
readings in the US, the UK, and Europe are still quite high. Inflation
is a lagging variable and could drop further from here. Still, the high
prices for government bonds cannot be justified on the likely inflation
scenario in the next few years. Further, fiscal stimulus will increase
the supplies of government bonds dramatically in the coming year.
Globally, the increase could be over $3-4 trillion. Until growth comes
back, the increased supply may remain. Bonds could slip into a big bear
market in 2009 like stocks in 2008.
I remain positive on gold
and energy. While the global economy is contracting rapidly, energy
prices are undershooting. The longer term story for energy remains
positive. China and India's development will greatly increase energy
demand for the next decade. The supplies, especially oil, won't be able
to keep up. All the big oil companies report that their major
production fields are declining in yield. The positive story for energy
will change when nuclear power has grown sufficiently to replace fossil
fuel. That will probably take two decades or longer.
Gold is a
substitute for currency. As central banks around the world expand their
balance sheets rapidly, gold should do well. The unwinding of carry
trades is negative for it. As dollar appreciates with the unwinding of
carry trades, gold has declined in line with dollar's rise. When the
unwinding is done and dollar begins depreciate, gold should resume its
bullish trend. I think gold could make new highs in 2009. The bull
story for gold will end quicker than for energy. When central banks
begin to raise interest rates, possibly in 2010 in response to rising
inflation, gold may slip into a bear market. For now, gold still looks
bullish.

November 17, 2008 - The Depression

October 13, 2008 - You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired!

You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired!

Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training.

By John Seely Brown and Douglas ThomasIn late 2004,
Stephen Gillett was in the running for a choice job at Yahoo! - a senior management position in engineering. He was a strong contender. Gillett had been responsible for CNET's backend, and he had helped launch a number of successful startups. But he had an additional qualification his prospective employer wasn't aware of, one that gave him a decisive edge: He was one of the top guild masters in the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

Gaming tends to be regarded as a harmless diversion at best, a vile corruptor of youth at worst. But the usual critiques fail to recognize its potential for experiential learning. Unlike education acquired through textbooks, lectures, and classroom instruction, what takes place in massively multiplayer online games is what we call accidental learning. It's learning to be - a natural byproduct of adjusting to a new culture - as opposed to learning about. Where traditional learning is based on the execution of carefully graded challenges, accidental learning relies on failure. Virtual environments are safe platforms for trial and error. The chance of failure is high, but the cost is low and the lessons learned are immediate.

Simulation games have proven excellent tools for training people in manual skills; for example, X-Plane, a flight simulator that runs on home computers, has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. But accidental learning transcends intentional training. When role-playing gamers team up to undertake a quest, they often need to attempt particularly difficult challenges repeatedly until they find a blend of skills, talents, and actions that allows them to succeed. This process brings about a profound shift in how they perceive and react to the world around them. They become more flexible in their thinking and more sensitive to social cues. The fact that they don't think of gameplay as training is crucial. Once the experience is explicitly educational, it becomes about developing compartmentalized skills and loses its power to permeate the player's behavior patterns and worldview.

In this way, the process of becoming an effective World of Warcraft guild master amounts to a total-immersion course in leadership. A guild is a collection of players who come together to share knowledge, resources, and manpower. To run a large one, a guild master must be adept at many skills: attracting, evaluating, and recruiting new members; creating apprenticeship programs; orchestrating group strategy; and adjudicating disputes. Guilds routinely splinter over petty squabbles and other basic failures of management; the master must resolve them without losing valuable members, who can easily quit and join a rival guild. Never mind the virtual surroundings; these conditions provide real-world training a manager can apply directly in the workplace.

And that's exactly what Gillett is doing. He accepted Yahoo!'s offer and now works there as senior director of engineering operations. "I used to worry about not having what I needed to get a job done," he says. "Now I think of it like a quest; by being willing to improvise, I can usually find the people and resources I need to accomplish the task." His story - translating experience in the virtual world into success in the real one - is bound to become more common as the gaming audience explodes and gameplay becomes more sophisticated. The day may not be far off when companies receive résumés that include a line reading "level 60 tauren shaman in World of Warcraft."

The savviest employers will get the message.

October 13, 2008 - WORLD OF WARCRAFT?: WRATH OF THE LICH KING? IN STORES STARTING NOVEMBER 13, 2008

October 13, 2008 - To newbies in world of warcraft

To newbies in world of warcraft

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Ok,now you have a brand new character and want to learn how to make gold very quickly? This article is just for you! I feel it will help a lot of newbies to get started and even some people that just started playing on the brand new servers and wants to make gold quickly at the lower levels in the game!Start as Skinner and a Herbalist or Miner for a while to gather resources. You may have to travel to a main town to learn these skills early - but its worth doing early.
Skinner as you will be killing many skinable mobs early on, and either Herbalist or Miner as the radar marker conflicts - you cant have both a Herbalist and Miner radar blip on. I have "toons" that are both Skinner, Herbalist and Skinner, Miner ... I think the coin generated is a little better as a Miner (esp as you get occ. gem drops in ore placements), but if you choose a dark-elf as a race go herbalist as the starting area has no mining resources - there may be an equivalent horde race !
Collect 6 slot bags as quickly as possible ... some will drop as loot, others can be bought from tailors ... you can do a /who and /tell and offer to buy COD (cash on delivery) via the mail system so you Dont have to buy from an NPC vendor or go to an Auction House before you are ready.
Have a "mule" sitting in your factions Auction House Town (eg. Ironforge for Alliance) - create a character that is closest to the Auction House Town .. best a dwarf or gnome for easy access to Ironforge - Humans need to travel via Stormwind and the Underground tram system, Dark-Elves have to travel via foot for about 20 minutes through dangerous territory to get anywhere near Ironforge for the first time ... place your character very near a mailbox that is not busy. There are two mailboxes near the Auction House in Ironforge - one is always crowded .. crowds = lag. Choose the one that is not busy for your log-in/log-out place. This mule you will post your stacks to for sale at the Auction House.
to be continued...

October 13, 2008 - World of Warcraft: My love and hatred!!

World of Warcraft: My love and hatred!!

I am a primary WoW player. I have been playing for almost two months now. wow game looks like it's gonna be a great MMO and also looks amazing..... Before I dive into my impressions of the World of Warcraft .I think I would give a brief description of how I get into it. Not counting the Pokemon. While what makes me confused is how to change the account of WoW cd key?
My friend has opened an account of online-bank .I tell him to top up my original account for the＄15 time card, and then spend＄30 buying a new world of warcraft cd key Opps…..my god!  However, he doesn’t get it. He asked me what my account is. At that time, maybe I have a confused mind. Without more consideration I give him my original account... then he buys a new wow cd key of it. How troublesome it is!
My guys say that the players can change the account of wow cd key which we buy by on-line bank from official website, but I can’t find it. Who can tell me where I can change it? Oh, thanks a lot …
Two months ago, I bought the wow cd key and started the charming game .Although I hadn’t play for a long time. While now I am a loyal fan of it, for I will face the adventure together with thousands of other players simultaneously and, explore an expansive world with miles of forests, deserts, snow-blown mountains, and other exotic lands. What an exciting game!! I have had a great sense of accomplishment in this virtual world.

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October 13, 2008 - In the World of Warcraft most of the players try to earn a lot of gold

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Last but not least, just try the new websites online because they usually make great efforts to

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usually very difficult to get, you can trade this for huge amounts of money. This huge amounts

of money can be later also traded for gold.After you complete obtaining gold from the Northern

Plaguelands, you should move to Eastern part of plaguelands to earn gold in the same way. There

the mobs will radiate a potion called ‘Greater Protection Potion'. It is one of the finest

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June 25, 2008 - I Went to the Bank Again and Again

   In order to get more interest ,I had ever gone to the bank to buy a special of product of money.At first ,the worker in the bank said to me ,"oh ,the system of computer was out of order, pease come here tomorrow."
     The next day ,I went to there again, however the system had been shut off because of the exceeding of a certain time. I had no choice and went home sadly.
    The third time,I thought that I  had finished all procedure and left with satisfaction .No sooner I arrived my home than the staff of bank called me to return immediately to copy my identification .
    From  what had been discussed , I drew a conclusion that it was not very easy to finish per task.

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April 22, 2008 - Look for Friendship in Cyberspace

  In so many ways, cyberspace mirrors the real world. People ask for information, play games, and share hobby tips. Others buy and sell products. Still others look for friendship, or even love.

Unlike the real world, however, your knowledge about a person is limited to words on a computer screen. Identity and appearancemean very little in cyberspace. Rather, a person’s thoughts-or at least the thoughts they type-are what really count. So even the shyest person can become a chat-room star.

Usually, this ”faceless” communication doesn’t create problems. Identity doesn’t really matter when you’re in a chat room discussing politics or hobbies. In fact, this emphasis on theideas themselves makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation. Where else can so many people come together to chat .

But some Internet users want more than just someone to chat with.They’re looking for serious love relationships. Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That answer depends on whom you ask. Some of these relationships actually succeed. Others fail miserably.

Online Love

Supporters of online relationships claim that the Internet allows couples to get to know each other intellectually first. Personal appearance doesn’t get in the way.

But critics of online relationships arguer that no one can truly know another person in cyberspace. Why? Because the Internet gives users a lot of control over how others view them. Internet users can carefully craft their words to fit whatever image they want to give. And they don’t have to worry about what their “nonverbal” communication is doing for their image. In a sense, they’re not really themselves.

All of this may be fine if the relationship stays in cyberspace.But not knowing a person is a big problem in a love relationship. With so many unknowns, it’s easy to let one’s imagination “fillin the blanks.” This inevitably leads to disappointment when couples meet in person. How someone imagines an online friend is often quite different than the real person.

  So, before looking for love in cyberspace, remember the advice of Internet pioneer Clifford Stoll: “Life in the real world is far richer than anything you’ll find on a computer screen.”
 

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January 15, 2008 - Godfather Death

A poor man had twelve children and had to work day and night in order just to feed them. Thus when the thirteenth came into the world, not knowing what to do in his need, he ran out into the highway, intending to ask the first person whom he met to be the godfather.

The first person who came his way was our dear God, who already knew what was in his heart, and God said to him, "Poor man, I pity you. I will hold your child at his baptism, and care for him, and make him happy on earth."

The man said, "Who are you?"
"I am God."
"Then I do not wish to have you for a godfather," said the man. "You give to the rich, and let the poor starve."
Thus spoke the man, for he did not know how wisely God divides out wealth and poverty. Then he turned away from the Lord, and went on his way.

Then the devil came to him and said, "What are you looking for? If you will take me as your child's godfather, I will give him an abundance of gold and all the joys of the world as well."

The man asked, "Who are you?"

"I am the devil."

"Then I do not wish to have you for a godfather," said the man. You deceive mankind and lead them astray."

He went on his way, and then Death, on his withered legs, came walking toward him, and said, "Take me as your child's godfather."

The man asked, "Who are you?"

"I am Death, who makes everyone equal."

Then the man said, "You are the right one. You take away the rich as well as the poor, without distinction. You shall be my child's godfather.

Death answered, "I will make your child rich and famous, for he who has me for a friend cannot fail."
The man said, "Next Sunday is the baptism. Be there on time."
Death appeared as he had promised, and served as godfather in an orderly manner.

After the boy came of age his godfather appeared to him one day and asked him to go with him. He took him out into the woods and showed him an herb that grew there, saying, "Now you shall receive your godfather's present. I will turn you into a famous physician. Whenever you are called to a sick person I will appear to you. If I stand at the sick person's head, you may say with confidence that you can make him well again; then give him some of this herb, and he will recover. But if I stand at the sick person's feet, he is mine, and you must say that he is beyond help, and that no physician in the world could save him. But beware of using this herb against my will, or something very bad will happen to you."

It was not long before the young man had become the most famous physician in the whole world. People said of him, "He only needs to look at the sick in order to immediately know their condition, whether they will regain their health, or are doomed to die." And people came to him from far and wide, taking him to their sick, and giving him so much money that he soon became a wealthy man.

Now it came to pass that the king became ill. The physician was summoned and was told to say if a recovery were possible. However, when he approached the bed, Death was standing at the sick man's feet, and so no herb on earth would be able to help him.

"If I could only deceive death for once," thought the physician. "He will be angry, of course, but because I am his godson he will shut one eye. I will risk it." He therefore took hold of the sick man and laid him the other way around, so that Death was now standing at his head. Then he gave the king some of the herb, and he recovered and became healthy again.

However, Death came to the physician, made a dark and angry face, threatened him with his finger, and said, "You have betrayed me. I will overlook it this time because you are my godson, but if you dare to do it again, it will cost you your neck, for I will take you yourself away with me."

Soon afterward the king's daughter became seriously ill. She was his only child, and he cried day and night until his eyes were going blind. Then he proclaimed that whosoever rescued her from death should become her husband and inherit the crown.

When the physician came to the sick girl's bed he saw Death at her feet. He should have remembered his godfather's warning, but he was so infatuated by the princess's great beauty and the prospect of becoming her husband that he threw all thought to the winds. He did not see that Death was looking at him angrily, lifting his hand into the air, and threatening him with his withered fist. He lifted up the sick girl and placed her head where her feet had been. Then he gave her some of the herb, and her cheeks immediately turned red, and life stirred in her once again.

Death, seeing that he had been cheated out of his property for a second time, approached the physician with long strides and said, "You are finished. Now it is your turn."

Then Death seized him so firmly with his ice-cold hand that he could not resist, and led him into an underground cavern. There the physician saw how thousands and thousands of candles were burning in endless rows, some large, others medium-sized, others small. Every instant some died out, and others were relit, so that the little flames seemed to be jumping about in constant change.

"See," said Death, "these are the life-lights of mankind. The large ones belong to children, the medium-sized ones to married people in their best years, and the little ones to old people. However, even children and young people often have only a tiny candle."

"Show me my life-light," said the physician, thinking that it still would be very large.

Death pointed to a little stump that was just threatening to go out, and said, "See, there it is."

"Oh, dear godfather," said the horrified physician, "light a new one for me. Do it as a favor to me, so that I can enjoy my life, and become king and the husband of the beautiful princess."

"I cannot," answered Death. "One must go out before a new one is lighted."

"Then set the old one onto a new one that will go on burning after the old one is finished," begged the physician.
Death pretended that he was going to fulfill this wish and took hold of a large new candle, but, desiring revenge, he purposely made a mistake in relighting it, and the little piece fell down and went out. The physician immediately fell to the ground, and he too was now in the hands of Death.
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